by Kathy L Wheeler | Aug 14, 2014 | Books, OKRWA, Reading, Tales of the Scrimshaw Doll
A group of Oklahoma authors were invited to write a series of short stories with a recurring theme based on the curse of a Scrimshaw doll. It goes something like this: Sometime in the late seventeenth century a zealously protective father feared his daughter’s...
by Kathy L Wheeler | Jul 22, 2014 | OKRWA, Travel
Another year, another Nationals. You aren’t certain what I’m mean by “Nationals”? Why the Romance Writers of America conference. Annually held each summer in major cities across the US. Seven and half years ago I learned about RWA while digging...
by Kathy L Wheeler | Oct 31, 2013 | Holiday Anthologies, OKRWA, Reading
A small group of the Oklahoma Romance writers kicked off their newest Holiday Anthology, October 27th with Night of the Harvest Moon. Here’s the setup: As the wind moaned and dark clouds passed over a silver moon, bats covered a leaden sky. Soon the hills of...
by Kathy L Wheeler | Sep 20, 2013 | Bloomington Series, Deleted Scenes, Necessary Evils, OKRWA, Reading, Writing
Prologue When Alex Gentry tossed out a smile like the one he sported now, Kelly Mancer knew there was no hope for her pounding heart. In fact, the distinct possibility that it could fly from her chest to land on the desk between them had her holding her breath. “Once...
by Kathy L Wheeler | Aug 22, 2013 | Blog Hop, Books, Cinderella Series, OKRWA, Reading, Tales of the Scrimshaw Doll, Writing
As I stop think about this week’s post, I find myself thinking of something one of the reviewers remarked on The English Lily. The review was quite flattering, I happy to say, but she also said she wished I tied up a few things in the story. For example, the opening...